Ironing-board.



C. L. YANT.

IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25.1914.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

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CHARLES L. YANT, OF FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA.

IRONING-BOAIRD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 25, 1914.. Serial No. 847,250.

" b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHAnLns L. Yam, a citizen of the United States, residing at Falls City, in the county of Richardson, State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing- Boards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in ironing boards, and particularly to iron boards which are adapted to be clamped to the end of a table or the like.

One object of the invention is to provide a novel device of this character in which the supporting element of the board acts to operate the table clamping portion when the supporting member is thrown into operative position.

Another object is to provide an ironing board which can be readily adjusted to tab es of different heights.

Another object resides in the novel means for holding the supporting legs in operative position.

Other objects and advantages will be ap* parent from the following description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of an ironing board made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the board in folded position. Fig. 1 is an end view of the board viewed from the left in Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, 10 represents an ironing board at the rear end of which and in the lower face thereof is formed a recess 11, this re cess being arranged to receive the upper edge of a portion of the table top 12. Secured at their middle points to the underface of the rear end of the board, and by means of the screws 13 are the outwardly diverging arms 14, the divergent ends of which extend beyond the recessed end and are adapted to engage the underface of the edge of the table top. T he forward or convergent ends of the arms carry. a transverse pivot bolt 15 which also passes through the upper end of a supporting leg 16, at a point slightly inward of the end of the leg. It will be noted that the arms 14: have a slight play on the screws 13,

so that when the leg 16 is swung into downward position, the portion of the leg between the pivot and the bottom of the board 10 will be sutlicient to cause the pivot 15 to swing the convergent ends of the arms 14- downwardly away from the bottom and force the opposite ends of the arms upward into firm clamping engagement with the table top. Mounted on the bottom of the board 10 outwardly of the pivot point 15 are the longitudinally extending parallel cleats 17 to the outer end of one of which is pivotally connected a horizontally swinging latch bar 18. This latch bar is arranged to be swung across and engaged with the corresponding end of the other cleat. Pivotally connected on opposite sides of the upper portion of the leg 16 are the brace arms 19, the free ends of which are adapted to be disposed between the cleats 17 and to engage against the latch bar 18 when the leg 16 is in vertical supporting position. In the lower end of the leg 16, is formed a longitudinally extending slot 20 and disposed on each side of the leg are the members 21 which carry the bolts 22 passing through the slot 20, for holding the members 21 in proper position against the leg. Secured to the members 21 are the downwardly and outwardly inclined braces The bolts 22 are adapted to be loosened so that the members 21 can be adjusted vertically to support the bottom 10 at different heights, according to the height of the table with which the board is used. In one face of the leg 16 is formed a notch 24, this notch permitting the leg to be folded flat against the board and receive therein the latch bar 18. On the upper side of the inner end of the board is mounted a hinged sleeve board 25 which can be readily folded when the board is to be folded up and stored away.

From the foregoing it will readily be seen that I have provided an ironing board which is simple in construction, and which can be readily set up and clamped to a table edge. It will be noted that the arms 14 will be forced into clamping engagement with the table by the leg 16, while at the same time, the same action serves to hold the leg in proper supporting position, for the reason that when the upper end of the leg engages the bottom face of the board, the pivotally carried ends of the arms will be fixed down ward slightly. This will have a tendency to exert an upward force to hold the upper end of the leg against the board.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

What is claimed is:

An ironing table comprising a board, a supporting leg pivotally and resiliently connected to the board, a pair of brace arms carried by the leg and adapted at times to engage therunder side of the board and at times to lie in parallel relation at the sides of the leg, a pair of parallel spaced members mounted on the under face of the board in position to receive the said brace arms therebetween, and a stop arm pivotally connected to one end of one of the said parallel members and arranged to'engage with the corresponding end of the other parallel memver for limiting movement of the brace arms in one direction and at times to be swung in parallel relation with the lastnamed member to permit the said leg to lie flatly against the underface of the board and between the said parallel members.

' In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES L. YANT. l/Vitnesses:

OTTO A. RUEGGE, R. BACHOTINS.

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